Perils And Captivity Comprising The Sufferings Of The Picard Fa
Chapter 11
The Sickness and Death of Madame Picard break in upon the Happiness of the Family--M. Picard turns his Views to Commerce--Bad Success of his Enterprise--The Distracted Affairs of the Colony disgust Him--The Cultivation of the Island of Safal--Several Merchants protest against M. Picard applying himself to Commerce--Departure of the Expedition to the Island of Galam--M. Picard is deprived of his Employment as Attorney--His eldest Daughter goes to live in the Island of Safal with two of her Brothers 112